Katherine D. Ortega

Katherine Davalos Ortega (16 July 1934-) was the Treasurer of the United States (R) from 26 September 1983 to 1 July 1989, succeeding Bay Buchanan and preceding Cathi Vasquez Villalpando.

Biography
Katherine Davalos Ortega was born in Tularosa, New Mexico, United States on 16 July 1934, and she graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with honors in 1957. She opened a small accounting firm in Alamogordo and moved to Los Angeles in 1968, becoming the chief executive of the Santa Ana State Bank. A lifelong Republican Party member (owing to her father's Republican allegiance), Ortega worked as a low-key liaison from the party to women and Hispanics in the Southwest. From 1983 to 1989, she served as Treasurer under President Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and she raised $40,000,000 toward the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. She briefly served as Treasurer under Bush, but she resigned in July 1989, returning to the private sector.